[lug] Java Serial port programming on Linux

[Scott A. Herod]

A bit ironically, serial port programming was the topic of this week's
java tech-tip mailing from Sun.  Check http://developer.java.sun.com/

Scott

> Bryan Field-Elliot wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I've been developing in Java on Linux for about two years now. Today
> I'm helping a friend develop a small application which will do some
> heavy serial port I/O. To my horror I'm discovering that it's possible
> (although I'm not sure) that serial port I/O is not supported in Java
> on Linux (Sun JDK 1.3). Can anyone confirm this?
> 
> Thank you!
> 
> Bryan